Battered ‘N’ Bruised

If you wanna enter heaven

Got to break out of hell

I’m breakin’ the chains

To find the keys to my cell

I’ve carried the monkey

For too many miles

Till he laughed in my face

And I forgot how to smile

She said

Open your eyes

And take a look at yourself

Now stop living your life

Battered ‘n’ bruised

I’m so black ‘n’ blue

That’s the truth

Battered ‘n’ bruised

I was the king of the fools

But now I’m on fire

I took the good with the bad

But the bad got worse

Livin’ like that

You’re livin’ with the curse

Like hittin’ the brakes

On the passenger side

That helpless feeling

Leaves you empty inside

She said

Open your eyes

And take a look at yourself

Now stop living your life

Like you were somebody else

[Chorus]